Musa Malsagov
Musa Malsagov, born 1972, Ingushetia. Charges: Article 282.1 part 1, Russian Criminal Code (Creation and leadership of an extremist community); Article 318 part 2 applied with Article 33 part 3, Russian Criminal Code (Use of dangerous violence against a government official (by organized group)); “The case of the rally organisers in Ingushetiia”. Sentence (December 15, 2021): 9 years’ imprisonment in a general regime penal colony, 1 year 6 months’ restriction of liberty, and a ban on holding… Status: imprisoned; deprived of liberty since April 3, 2019; place of detention: Penal colony No. 12, Volgograd Oblast. Recognition: Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners — recognised as a political prisoner, July 4, 2019; Memorial Human Rights Centre — recognised as a political prisoner, June 20, 2019.
In brief
Ingushetia · Magas · Regional parliament deputies · Extremism cases, Cases related to mass actions
Sentence
9 years
imprisonment in a general regime penal colony, 1 year 6 months’ restriction of liberty, and a ban on holding positions in public organisations for 5 years.
Upheld June 21, 2024
Charges
- Article 282.1 part 1, Russian Criminal Code — Creation and leadership of an extremist community
- Article 318 part 2 applied with Article 33 part 3, Russian Criminal Code — Use of dangerous violence against a government official (by organized group)
Full wording of the charges
According to the investigation, he took a knowingly illegal decision to continue the mass event on 27 March 2019, in connection with which, using the existing authority among the population of the republic, including its radical part, making appeals to national unity, manipulating historical facts about the deportation of the Ingush people and the existing unresolved problems of the administrative-territorial structure of the Republic of Ingushetia, took measures to unite the people present in the square, morally supporting them with the imminent arrival of new participants of the unauthorised rally, as well as calling for fortitude in case of an attempt to forcibly end the mass event by the law enforcement officers; participated in organisation of the activity of an extremist organisation.
Latest event
February 17, 2026 — imprisonment begins
Recognition by rights defenders
- Recognised as a political prisoner — Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners, July 4, 2019
- Recognised as a political prisoner — Memorial Human Rights Centre, June 20, 2019
Timeline
· Imprisonment begins
· Cassation ruling
upheld
· First-instance verdict
guilty verdict · 9 years
· Preventive measure: pre-trial detention
Pre-trial Detention Centre №2 (SIZO-2) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the Stavropol Krai
· Added to the Rosfinmonitoring list of “terrorists and extremists”
· Preventive measure: placement in a temporary detention facility
Essentuki IAB TDF, Stavropol Territory
· Recognised as a political prisoner
Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners
· Recognised as a political prisoner
Memorial Human Rights Centre
· Preventive measure: pre-trial detention
Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for the Kabardino-Balkar Republic
· Persecution begins
The case of the rally organisers in Ingushetiia
· Preventive measure: placement in a temporary detention facility
Temporary detention centre (IVS UMVD) for Nalchik
Criminal case
The case of the rally organisers in Ingushetiia
Other defendants in the case
- Akhmed Barakhoev — At large with restrictions, 9 years
- Ismail Nalgiev — At large, 8 years
- Zarifa Sautieva — At large, 7 years 6 months
- Malsag Uzhakhov — Imprisoned, 9 years
- Bagaudin Khautiev — Imprisoned, 8 years
- Barakh Chemurziev — At large, 8 years
Thematic group: The case of protests in Ingushetia
Write a letter
Facility: Penal colony No. 12, Volgograd Oblast
Address (in Russian, as written on the envelope)
404103, Волгоградская область, г. Волжский, ул. Александрова, 86, ФКУ "ИК № 12 УФСИН России по Волгоградской области", Мальсагов Муса Асланович, 1972 г.р.
Details and sources
Full summary
On 3 April 2019, he was detained on charges of organising the use of violence against police officers at a rally on 27 March 2019 and sent to a pre-trial detention centre in Nalchik.
At the end of December 2019, a case was opened on organising the activities of an extremist community.
On 16 March 2021, went on hunger strike and refused to participate in the trial due to the return of Zarifa Sautieva from house arrest to the pre-trial detention centre. On 23 March, he stopped the hunger strike after public appeals.
On 15 December, he was sentenced to 9 years in a general regime colony.
On 17 February 2026 he was released from the colony.
All fields of the record
- Citizenship
- Russia
Other people prosecuted under Article 282.1 part 1, Russian Criminal Code
Under the same article, not necessarily in the same case.